>> I am running Red Hat 3.0.3, all the newest packages (modules, etc). Today> for the first time in MONTHS Linux totally hung. I opened up xmmix, the> speakers popped (which is normal when the sound card is initialized). THen> X froze and nothing would work. Caps lock wouldn't come on, 3 finger> salute didn't work, nothing. A totally locked system. No errors in the> system logs either.>> However, since then I can open xmmix with no problems. This is with a> sound blaster AWE 32, and everything as modules. Kerneld 2.0.0, too.>> Has anyone else had this happen?>> Derek>> /---------------------------+-----------------+-----------\> | Derek L. Seaman | P90/Wide SCSI II| Open |> | University of Kansas |48MB Ram/3.5GB HD|Windoze let|> | Mechanical Engineering | 4mm 8GB DAT | bugs in. |> | 1997 Formula SAE Car |17" Nanao F2-17EX| RedHat |> | d-seaman@ukans.edu |HP LJ 5MP/SB AWE | *LINUX* |> \---------------------------+-----------------+-----------/>>>>>>I've got almost the same problem with mod-0.81 (compiled with X support)it sometimes hang itself giveing no audio output under X , if it has to"ask" kerneld load the sound module, sometimes the playing child goes intoa unkillable zombie! blocking my soundcard, the only way to kill it is toreboot :( I use my GUS for modplayin. I also have a SBpro in my computer.My guess is that kerneld gets swaped out and takes to long to get backinto memory again ? anyone knows about what it can be ?

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